Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Memphis, TN
NWS Memphis, TN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 21, 1990, 8:43 PM CST for Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 21, 1990, 8:43 PM CST (02:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 21, 1990, 9:15 PM CST
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Memphis, TN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Monroe County, MS
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTUP 220243 SVRTUP MSC095-220315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 843 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TUPELO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI ...MONROE COUNTY AT 845 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL CHICKASAW COUNTY AND NORTHWEST MONROE COUNTY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 40 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 5:35 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-220030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 535 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ....TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... ....TORNADO WATCH NO. 785 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING.... AT 530 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE WEBSTER...MOHNTGOMERY AND CHOCTAW COUNTY AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. RADAR WAS ALSO INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER YALOBUSHA AND CALHOUN COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM ALREADY HAS A PAST HISTORY OF DAMAGE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THES3E THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS NOW TO ENSURE SAFmETY. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:37 PM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
TNZ014-015-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 630 PM CST DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 785 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT OVER EXTREME WEST TENNESSEE... THE AREA OF TENNESSEE GENERALLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES EAST OF DYERSBURG TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI IS REMOVED FROM THE WATCH. THE WEST TENNESSEE COUNTIES REMOVED FROM THE WATCH ARE AS FOLLOWS: CROCKETT...DYER...FAYETTE...HAYWOOD...LAUDERDALE...SHELBY...AND TIPTON. BUT THE TORNADO WATCH DOES CONTINUE FOR THE AREA EAST OF THE LINE THAT EXTENDS FROM 35 MILES EAST OF DYERSBURG TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OXFORD MISSISSIPPI...THE WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 9 PM CST. < ALSO PERSO9NS ARE REMINDED THAT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT OVER WEST AND MIDDLE TENNESSEE FOR TONIGHT...AND MIDDLE FOR SATURDAY. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 6:40 PM CST, 2 hours 3 minutes before
MSZ004-005-007-220145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TUPELO MS 640 PM CST FRI DEC 21 1990 ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 784 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING... ...TORNADO WATCH NO. 785 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING... AT 630 PM CST...TUPELO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY FRON PONTOTOC EXTENDING TO THE SOUTH TO HOUSTON MISSISSIPPI IN CHICKASAW COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ANYONE LIVING IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME WEATHER ALERT AND TAKE ACTION SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH. MORE STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. NNNN
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 8:03 PM CST, 40 minutes before
TNZ009-010-011-012-013-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 815 PM CST DEC 21 1990 ...ALL TORNADO WATCHES CANCELLED FOR TENNESSEE... AS OF 8 PM THIS EVENING THERE WERE NO LONGER ANY TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED COVERING THE STATE FROM JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS TO THE VICINITY OF NASHVILLE. HOWEVER ACTIVITY HAD WEAKENED OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. A FLASH WATCH WILL CONTINUE OVER WEST TENNESSEE HOWEVER. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER WEST TENNESSEE WITH THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA. WITH MORE RAIN LIKELY THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THOSE TRAVELING SOUTH SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITH SEVERAL TORNADOES REPORTED EARLIER. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMIATION.
Special weather statement, Dec 21, 8:09 PM CST, 34 minutes before
TNZ009-010-011-012-013-220300-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
815 PM CST DEC 21 1990
...ALL TORNADO WATCHES CANCELLED FOR TENNESSEE...
AS OF 8 PM THIS EVENING THERE WERE NO LONGER ANY TORNADO WATCHES IN
EFFECT FOR TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED COVERING
THE STATE FROM JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS TO THE VICINITY OF NASHVILLE.
HOWEVER ACTIVITY HAD WEAKENED OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH NONE OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER WEST TENNESSEE. OVER THE PAST
24 HOURS AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER WEST TENNESSEE
WITH THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA. WITH MORE RAIN LIKELY
THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHTO SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
THOSE TRAVELING SOUTH SHOULD BE ADVISED
THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
REPORTED EARLIER.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.Special weather statement, Dec 21, 8:11 PM CST, 32 minutes before
TNZ009-010-011-012-013-220300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 815 PM CST DEC 21 1990 ...ALL TORNADO WATCHES CANCELLED FOR TENNESSEE... AS OF 8 PM THIS EVENING THERE WERE NO LONGER ANY TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR TENNESSEE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED COVERING THE STATE FROM JUST EAST OF MEMPHIS TO THE VICINITY OF NASHVILLE. HOWEVER ACTIVITY HAD WEAKENED OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH NONE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES OVER WEST TENNESSEE. OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS AROUND 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER WEST TENNESSEE WITH THE GROUND SATURATED ACROSS THE AREA. WITH MORE RAIN LIKELY THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THOSE TRAVELING SOUTH SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WITH SEVERAL TORNADOES ALREADY REPORTED. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMAQTION.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Memphis, TN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 6:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 40 min |
| Dec 21, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 51 min |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:45 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 4 hr |
| Dec 21, 7:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 30 min |
| Dec 21, 7:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 46 min |
| Dec 21, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 31 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.